Reactions to Dick's Portfolio Writing Assessment Documents
What is the potential that is lost?
Year-round school prompt on the ACT -- good example of a prompt gone bad
The short, timed writing prompt has become very big for test makers, but it disadvantages writers
We all assume that we know what good writing is when we see it -- actually, it is a lifetime process and learning to appreciate writing takes a long time
Assessment is coming from the outside, not from teachers -- how am I going to tell those stakeholders that there are other measures (how do we break the current reality? how can we teach teachers to work on this from the inside?)
We have to work with teachers and students to understand the context of different writing tasks, including writing on demand
Peter Elbow -- what is a portfolio? It is a pocket, a folder. Students put into it what they choose to put into it.
We need to engage in the writing-on-demand process so that we understand what our students are going through in the process
Where do we want to go with the Michigan Portfolios site via NWPM?
Exploring more with rubrics
Creating models for electronic portfolios: posting and reflecting on "traditional" writing portfolios, just stored online as well as having examples of multimodal composition
Emphasis on the reflection aspects of the portfolio
Would like to see more resources for producing digital portfolios ("how to" resources)
Acting as a clearing house for portfolio resources
Getting more examples of MS, HS, and college work
Add links to the Looking at Student Work Protocols
Create a video of teachers talking about student work
Creating timely and updated content related to portfolio assessment
Examples of work from other content areas
More notes from session:
Dick Koch, OWP
Troy Hicks, WP
Michigan Portfolios of Michigan · www.michiganportfolios.org · What you like about site, curious about, confused about · NWPM in January 2010 gave okay to work on · The Portfolio Guidebook – coauthored · Site is still in development · Set up to help people not experts in portfolio work to help them · Will be dynamic! · Envision a video window – teacher practice, student work · Assessment in this country – Univeristy of Minnesota, the brothers Johnson, cooperative learning: the function of school – to meet the needs of the learner · Under guidance of previous statement – assessment must exist to lift the student towards learning · School = the great equalizer – democratic idea behind it · We are breaking the trust – through assessment · Assessment is irresponsibly reducing student opportunity · How can you not love this man! · AHIMSA = nonviolence · There is an outer and an inner AHIMSA · Teachers are masters of outer AHIMSA · It is within our capacity to make change · Portfolio is a tool we can use to alter that · Don Graves book on portfolios · Portfolios: document and showcase student writers and growth · The power it provides to reflection · James Moffett – being really good at something is attributed to practice · Troy Hicks · Digital modalities of students · Read page 1 & 2 · There are so many untapped resources that students bring to us – the loss of potential · Writing for a little while to be judged! You are never asked to do that in real life. · A lifetime process to find out what is “good” writing? · Re-enfranchising teachers into writing to give them agency and identity · Assessment comes from the outside – not from teachers · MEAP creates anxiety for teachers and students – why does society value this type of writing? Results are printed in newspapers. · Teaching MEAP as a genre of writing – RAFTS · Teach students how to live within the constraints of MDE · Nurturing, supportive, coaching environments · State assessments devalue real writing! · Authentic projects, saving over time · What will you put in your portfolio? It is your best work. What you think is your best work. What showcases you as a writer? · Portfolio – is a careful collection · Frank Sarafini – · Assessments are in the hands of the government · Educators have not been able to take back assessment · I liked this, I wish it had this, I suggest this….
Looking at website · How do I collect students work electronically? How will I organize that? Scanning vs. uploading · How do I make portfolios more than just a folder of collected work – to give students ownership and autonomy over the process and reflection · Check out parent permission letter on site · Need to use this in my response to student writing this year: PQP – Positive Response Protocol · Rubrics are not a coaching tool. Rating is not response. Don’t oversubscribe to a rubric. · Access and purpose of the site: · I could video my response to student work and send that to be put on the site · Use this in pd sessions at lo for district work – facilitate! · http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/WrtgResearchBrief.pdf · Email Troy and Dick my thoughts. We are invited in! ·
NWPM Michigan Portfolio Project
Tuesday, Session 2: 10:30 - 12:00Auditorium
Facilitated by:
Purposes and Power in the Use of Portfolios
Links
Notes from Session
More notes from session:
Dick Koch, OWP
Troy Hicks, WP
Michigan Portfolios of Michigan
· www.michiganportfolios.org
· What you like about site, curious about, confused about
· NWPM in January 2010 gave okay to work on
· The Portfolio Guidebook – coauthored
· Site is still in development
· Set up to help people not experts in portfolio work to help them
· Will be dynamic!
· Envision a video window – teacher practice, student work
· Assessment in this country – Univeristy of Minnesota, the brothers Johnson, cooperative learning: the function of school – to meet the needs of the learner
· Under guidance of previous statement – assessment must exist to lift the student towards learning
· School = the great equalizer – democratic idea behind it
· We are breaking the trust – through assessment
· Assessment is irresponsibly reducing student opportunity
· How can you not love this man!
· AHIMSA = nonviolence
· There is an outer and an inner AHIMSA
· Teachers are masters of outer AHIMSA
· It is within our capacity to make change
· Portfolio is a tool we can use to alter that
· Don Graves book on portfolios
· Portfolios: document and showcase student writers and growth
· The power it provides to reflection
· James Moffett – being really good at something is attributed to practice
· Troy Hicks
· Digital modalities of students
· Read page 1 & 2
· There are so many untapped resources that students bring to us – the loss of potential
· Writing for a little while to be judged! You are never asked to do that in real life.
· A lifetime process to find out what is “good” writing?
· Re-enfranchising teachers into writing to give them agency and identity
· Assessment comes from the outside – not from teachers
· MEAP creates anxiety for teachers and students – why does society value this type of writing? Results are printed in newspapers.
· Teaching MEAP as a genre of writing – RAFTS
· Teach students how to live within the constraints of MDE
· Nurturing, supportive, coaching environments
· State assessments devalue real writing!
· Authentic projects, saving over time
· What will you put in your portfolio? It is your best work. What you think is your best work. What showcases you as a writer?
· Portfolio – is a careful collection
· Frank Sarafini –
· Assessments are in the hands of the government
· Educators have not been able to take back assessment
· I liked this, I wish it had this, I suggest this….
Looking at website
· How do I collect students work electronically? How will I organize that? Scanning vs. uploading
· How do I make portfolios more than just a folder of collected work – to give students ownership and autonomy over the process and reflection
· Check out parent permission letter on site
· Need to use this in my response to student writing this year: PQP – Positive Response Protocol
· Rubrics are not a coaching tool. Rating is not response. Don’t oversubscribe to a rubric.
· Access and purpose of the site:
· I could video my response to student work and send that to be put on the site
· Use this in pd sessions at lo for district work – facilitate!
· http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/WrtgResearchBrief.pdf
· Email Troy and Dick my thoughts. We are invited in!
·